The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton - Baltic Exchange: Prauliņš - Missa Rigensis and Other Choral Works (2010)
BAND/ARTIST: The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton
- Title: Baltic Exchange: Prauliņš - Missa Rigensis and Other Choral Works
- Year Of Release: 2010
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:07:42
- Total Size: 289 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Missa Rigensis: I. Kyrie eleison
02. Missa Rigensis: IIa. Gloria
03. Missa Rigensis: IIb. Domine Deus
04. Missa Rigensis: IIc. Quoniam tu solus sanctus
05. Missa Rigensis: IIIa. Credo in unum Deum
06. Missa Rigensis: IIIb. Deum de Deo
07. Missa Rigensis: IIIc. Crucifixus
08. Missa Rigensis: IIId. Credo in Spiritum Sanctum
09. Missa Rigensis: IV. Sanctus
10. Missa Rigensis: V. Agnus Dei
11. A Cycle of Fricis Bārda Poems: I. Vakars 'Evening'
12. A Cycle of Fricis Bārda Poems: II. Lūgšana 'Prayer'
13. A Cycle of Fricis Bārda Poems: III. Debess 'Heaven'
14. Benedictio
15. Angelis suis Deus
16. Laudibus in sanctis
17. Pater noster
With choral music at the heart of the musical life of the Baltics it is not surprising that the medium has been a central preoccupation for many of their composers. A degree of isolation from international trends in new music (frequently turning into outright proscription) meant that the centre of gravity for composers in the west of the Soviet Union was very different from that of their colleagues beyond the Iron Curtain. And while there is certainly no such thing as a pan-Baltic style—this recording offers only a glimpse of the choral riches to be found in these three tiny countries—all the composers on the disc share a number of characteristics: a sure-footed handling of choral orchestration, lucidity of texture, a pragmatic use of ‘avant-garde’ effects (shorn of their ideological baggage), a fondness for cluster-chords and diatonically saturated harmony, and the frequent use of ostinatos.
Stephen Layton has single-handedly brought many of these composers to the attention of audiences and choirs in the West—and through his sensitive and inspirational direction, has won many fans for this repertoire. Together with his brilliant young choir, who sing this repertoire with ‘passion and purity’, he is the ideal guide to this beautiful and enchanting music.
01. Missa Rigensis: I. Kyrie eleison
02. Missa Rigensis: IIa. Gloria
03. Missa Rigensis: IIb. Domine Deus
04. Missa Rigensis: IIc. Quoniam tu solus sanctus
05. Missa Rigensis: IIIa. Credo in unum Deum
06. Missa Rigensis: IIIb. Deum de Deo
07. Missa Rigensis: IIIc. Crucifixus
08. Missa Rigensis: IIId. Credo in Spiritum Sanctum
09. Missa Rigensis: IV. Sanctus
10. Missa Rigensis: V. Agnus Dei
11. A Cycle of Fricis Bārda Poems: I. Vakars 'Evening'
12. A Cycle of Fricis Bārda Poems: II. Lūgšana 'Prayer'
13. A Cycle of Fricis Bārda Poems: III. Debess 'Heaven'
14. Benedictio
15. Angelis suis Deus
16. Laudibus in sanctis
17. Pater noster
With choral music at the heart of the musical life of the Baltics it is not surprising that the medium has been a central preoccupation for many of their composers. A degree of isolation from international trends in new music (frequently turning into outright proscription) meant that the centre of gravity for composers in the west of the Soviet Union was very different from that of their colleagues beyond the Iron Curtain. And while there is certainly no such thing as a pan-Baltic style—this recording offers only a glimpse of the choral riches to be found in these three tiny countries—all the composers on the disc share a number of characteristics: a sure-footed handling of choral orchestration, lucidity of texture, a pragmatic use of ‘avant-garde’ effects (shorn of their ideological baggage), a fondness for cluster-chords and diatonically saturated harmony, and the frequent use of ostinatos.
Stephen Layton has single-handedly brought many of these composers to the attention of audiences and choirs in the West—and through his sensitive and inspirational direction, has won many fans for this repertoire. Together with his brilliant young choir, who sing this repertoire with ‘passion and purity’, he is the ideal guide to this beautiful and enchanting music.
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